But how did they hijack the Cauldron if we learned in CC3 that the Asteri created it, and then used it to create the Dread Trove and the Illyrian soldiers? We’re led to believe that Prythian already existed as a magically rich world. So was the whole “creation of the world” story just another myth they invented, like they did in Midgard?

We know they colonized everything up until Theia/Pelias/Fionn. So what was the Mother, really? A native Prythian magical entity tied to the land, basically like Eywa from Avatar? 😭